Synchronize Tex Editor and PDF viewer

This is a pretty cool feature and helps when proof reading or checking spelling:

• Forward search: After build, your tex editor will open the pdf viewer at exactly the line in the pdf which the tex editor shows.
• Inverse search: Select a line in the pdf viewer, then the tex editor will jump to exactly that line in the tex source.

This requires some tool setup. Here's one example:

Texlipse + SumatraPDF (Windows)

• The texlipse website suggests to use SumatraPDF as viewer.  How to set it up.

Texlipse + Skim (Mac)

• texlipse:
  • pdflatex arguments: add -synctex=1
    • or put \synctex=1 in your tex file
  • viewer command: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline
  • viewer arguments: %line "%file" "%texfile"
  • inverse search support: viewer runs external command
  • viewer supports forward search: checked

• skim Sync panel:
  • show the changes in the file
  • custom support to PDFSync
  • command: java
  • parameters: -classpath /Developer/eclipse/plugins/net.sourceforge.texlipse_1.4.0/texlipse.jar net.sourceforge.texlipse.viewer.util.FileLocationClient -f %file -l %line
    • (adapt eclipse and texlipse path to right version number)

Then:

• In Texlipse Cmd+4 -> open pdf at that position
• In Skim Shift-Cmd-Cklick -> open tex file at that position